Synonyms of consummate

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adjective

ˈkän(t)-sə-mət 

1

as in skilled

having or showing exceptional knowledge, experience, or skill in a field of endeavor

consummate cabinetmakers, they produced desks and chests of drawers that are now regarded as masterpieces of American furniture

Synonyms & Similar Words

• skilled
• skillful
• adept
• proficient
• experienced
• expert
• good
• accomplished
• great
• virtuoso
• practiced
• masterful
• master
• veteran
• complete
• professed
• masterly
• talented
• gifted
• educated
• ace
• crackerjack
• versed
• crack
• capable
• competent
• compleat
• adroit
• trained
• qualified
• efficient
• deft
• effective
• employable
• clever
• able
• handy
• slick
• dexterous
• polished
• workmanlike
• taught
• knowledgeable
• old
• effectual
• fit
• sure-handed
• refined
• schooled
• fitted
• long-term
• well-rounded
• all-around
• multitalented
• tutored
• habile
• multiskilled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• amateur
• incapable
• inexperienced
• unskilled
• unable
• incompetent
• inexpert
• unqualified
• unseasoned
• weak
• unfit
• inept
• amateurish
• unprofessional
• unskillful
• would-be
• artless
• unfitted
• crude
• rude
• ineffective
• inefficient
• ineffectual
• jackleg
• beginning
• new
• ignorant
• untutored
• untrained
• inexperienced
• unschooled
• green
• untalented
• untaught
• raw
• primitive
• unseasoned
• untried
• ungifted
• untested
• talentless
• rough
• unpolished
• clumsy
• awkward
• ham-fisted
• ham-handed
• heavy-handed

2

as in utter

having no exceptions or restrictions

a consummate liar who has practically made mendacity an art form

Synonyms & Similar Words

• utter
• complete
• absolute
• sheer
• unconditional
• pure
• definite
• simple
• total
• perfect
• outright
• damned
• real
• very
• thoroughgoing
• damn
• unmitigated
• thorough
• profound
• unadulterated
• deadly
• downright
• regular
• unqualified
• arrant
• huge
• genuine
• out-and-out
• clean
• endless
• crashing
• categorical
• flat-out
• straight-out
• dreadful
• unalloyed
• constant
• fair
• perpetual
• veritable
• rank
• stark
• plumb
• all-out
• blooming
• bodacious
• blank
• eternal
• dead
• flat
• authentic
• stone
• unremitting
• supreme
• classic
• terrible
• horrible
• extreme
• undying
• inveterate
• superlative
• extraordinary
• unrestricted
• terrific
• hopeless
• confirmed
• habitual
• main
• surpassing
• frightful

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• uncertain
• qualified
• doubtful
• questionable
• restricted
• dubious
• equivocal

3

as in ultimate

of the greatest or highest degree or quantity

a ballerina renowned for her consummate grace

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ultimate
• maximum
• utmost
• most
• supreme
• paramount
• uttermost
• last
• max
• largest
• nth
• outside
• unparalleled
• top
• unequaled
• unrivaled
• unsurpassed
• biggest
• unmatched
• uppermost
• hugest
• topmost
• upmost

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• least
• minimum
• minimal
• slightest
• smallest
• lowest
• tiniest
• minutest
• littlest
• fewest

consummate

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verb

ˈkän(t)-sə-ˌmāt 

as in to complete

to bring (something) to a state where nothing remains to be done

willing to do whatever it takes to consummate a business deal

Synonyms & Similar Words

• complete
• finish
• perfect
• fulfill
• accomplish
• get through
• execute
• finalize
• polish
• do
• achieve
• perform
• improve
• carry out
• effect
• enhance
• better
• stick out
• ameliorate
• carry through
• enrich
• amend
• refine
• follow through (with)
• machine
• shine
• discharge
• round (off or out)
• meliorate
• touch up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• abandon
• drop
• quit
• discontinue
• forsake
• desert

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of consummate

Adjective

There aren’t many stains on the legacy of consummate conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein, best known as the long-running maestro, front and center, for the New York Philharmonic beginning in the 1950s. — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 23 Apr. 2026

The consummate supporting player when playing at his best, Andrew Wiggins this offseason — at least at the start of it — arguably stands as a Miami Heat leading man. — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2026

Verb

This is the farthest out any team is allowed to trade future draft capital and can only be dealt after the conclusion of this year’s draft, meaning a potential Heat-Bucks trade involving Antetokounmpo likely would not formally be consummated until after June 24, at the earliest. — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 15 June 2026

If consummated, the sale by the county would join the A’s and the city, which owns the other half-interest, at the hip — neither able to develop the property without the consent of the other. — Daniel Borenstein, Mercury News, 12 June 2026

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